Padded clothes hanger cover

ABSTRACT

A padded garment hanger cover is presented that is made of a single piece of thick fabric with ends sewn together to form a complete circle. There is a ½″ hem running lengthwise along the underside of both outer edges. The hemline is slightly gathered to give the finished padded hanger cover elasticity. The finished, circular body of the padded hanger cover has a small vertical slit, approximately 1″ in length that allows the hook of the hanger to be fed through the opening. Once the hanger hook is fed through the slit, the padded hanger cover may be stretched along the shoulders and along the bottom of the hanger, until the padded hanger cover completely covers the entire hanger. The padded hanger cover conforms to the shape of the entire hanger creating a padded cover. The hanger cover may be removed and re-applied on any conventional hanger.

The present invention is designed to turn any conventional hanger into apadded hanger. The padded clothes hanger cover completely covers anystandard wood, plastic, or wire hanger. It is removable and may bereapplied to any other conventional hanger.

The suggested fabric is one of heavy weight faux fur, faux leather,suede, terry cloth, or fleece due to the bulk of these fabrics and theirability to require no additional padding. Since the present invention isintended to also be fashionable, animal prints, furs, or bright colorsare also recommended.

The present invention is unique in that it covers the entire hanger—notonly the shoulder area—and eliminates hanger lines and creases onshirts, blouses, and sweaters, as well as slacks.

The padded clothes hanger cover is constructed of a piece of heavyweight fabric, (previously mentioned in paragraph 2), cut to 43″ longand 5″ wide. A ½″ hem is sewn along each of the 43″ sides on the backside of the fabric. The fabric is slightly gathered when creating thehem in order to create elasticity and easy application when stretchingthe padded hanger cover over the conventional hanger during theapplication process. The 5″ ends are stitched together to form acomplete and continuous circle. There is a 1″ opening left in the centerof the 5″ seam in order for the hook of the hanger to pass when applyingthe padded clothes hanger cover.

The padded clothes hanger cover is easy to apply by simply passing thehook of the conventional hanger through the 1″ opening on the back sideof the padded hanger cover and stretching the hanger cover along theshoulders and bottom of the conventional hanger until it is secure.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The overall shape of the padded hanger cover is formed when a 43″ longand 5″ wide piece of fabric is sewn together on the 5″ ends to form acontinuous circular piece, and a 1″ opening is left in the middle of the5″ seam line in order for the hook of a hanger to pass through prior tostretching the padded hanger cover over the entire body of the hanger toform the padded clothes hanger cover.

The padded hanger cover of the present invention is both a functionaland fashionable item. The selection of preferred heavy weight fabricssuch as faux fur, faux leather, suede, cotton, terry cloth or fleecegive the hanger cover natural padding to protect shirts, blouses,sweaters or pants from clothing hanger lines.

A total hanger cover, as described in the present invention, is uniqueand affords several advantages over present day padded hangers. Thepadded hanger cover of the present invention covers the entire hanger,including the pant hanging section of the hanger. Padded hangers soldtoday only protect the shoulder area of shirts and sweaters, not thepant hanging area. Present padded hangers are not re-moveable andre-attachable from hanger to hanger. The padded hanger cover of thepresent invention may be removed and reapplied to any full size hanger.

The padded hanger cover of the present invention is constructed in auniversal size that is easy to apply by inserting the hook of the hangerthrough the 1″ opening on the backside of the padded hanger cover, andthen stretching the body of the padded hanger cover over the shouldersand around the bottom of the hanger forming a complete padded hangercover for any wood, plastic, or wire hanger.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a padded clothes hanger cover whichcompletely covers an entire standard size wire, plastic, or wood hanger,and once in position, is stable, but may be removed and re-attached toother standard hangers.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A conventional wood, plastic, or wire hanger has a tendency to leavehanger points in the shoulder area of shirts and sweaters, and leavecreases in slacks; it can also damage the shape of fine silks, sweaters,and blouses. Furthermore, many garments slip off of a conventionalhanger because of spaghetti straps or wide necklines.

The present invention makes it possible to turn any conventional hangerinto a padded hanger by simply slipping the hook of a conventionalhanger through the 1″ slit in the body of the padded clothes hangercover, and stretching the padded clothes hanger cover over the body ofthe conventional hanger until it completely encapsulates the wire,plastic, or wood hanger. This padded clothes hanger cover createspadding and slippage protection for both shirts and sweaters, andprotects pants from hanger lines and creases.

The present padded clothes hanger cover invention is not onlyfunctional, but also fashionable. It is intended to be constructed outof heavy weight faux fur, leather, suede, or fleece, in animal prints orbright colors. The heavy weight fabric serves as padding and adds bulkto eliminate the slippage of garments.

EXPLANATION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a reverse angle view of the padded clothes hanger cover as onepiece of fabric 43″ in length and 5″ in width, with a ½″ hemline downeach of the 43″ sides.

FIG. 2 is a reverse angle view illustrating the padded hanger cover sewntogether along the 5″ side to form a continuous circle, yet leaving a 1″opening in the center of the seam for the hook of the hanger to passthrough during application.

FIG. 3 illustrates a front view of the padded hanger cover showing the1″ vertical opening in the body of the hanger cover intended for thehanger hook to pass through in order to stretch the hanger cover overentire body of clothes hanger when applying to a conventional hanger.

FIG. 4 illustrates the hook of the clothes hanger passing through thebackside of the padded hanger cover to begin the application process.

FIG. 5 illustrates the padded hanger cover stretched over entire clotheshanger, fully covering hanger shoulders and entire bottom of clotheshanger

1. A cover for a garment hanger that is comprised of a) a single pieceof thick fabric, approximately 43″ in length and 5″ in width b) a ½″ hemthat runs lengthwise on the underside of the fabric along both of the43″ sides and is sewn slightly gathered to create elasticity when theloose ends of the fabric are stitched together to form a continuouscircle c) a 1″ vertical opening in the circular body of the paddedhanger cover in the center of the 5″ seam for the hook of the hanger topass through, wherein once the hook of the hanger is passed through the1″ slit in the hanger cover, the hanger cover may be stretched toconform to the shape of a clothes hanger, creating a total hanger cover.2. The clothes hanger cover of claim 1, wherein the fabric selected isheavy enough to provide padding and eliminate shoulder points and hangerlines on garments that would rest on the hanger; preferable fabricswould be faux fur, faux leather, suede, cotton, terry cloth, or fleece.3. The clothes hanger cover of claim 1, wherein the hanger covercompletely covers the entire body of the hanger providing padding forshirts, blouses, and sweaters as well as pants, since the cover alsoencapsulates the pant hanger portion of the hanger
 4. The clothes hangercover of claim 1, wherein the heavy weight fabric helps keep clothesfrom slipping off of the ends of the hanger.
 5. The clothes hanger coverof claim 1, wherein the padded hanger cover is completely removable andmay be re-applied to any wood, plastic, or wire hanger.
 6. The clotheshanger cover of claim 1, wherein the padded hanger cover is a universalsize and conforms to the size of any full size wood, wire, or plastichanger.
 7. The clothes hanger cover of claim 1, wherein the fabricselected is stylish, thus creating a market for this hanger cover as afashionable item, as well as functional hanger.